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this is Dan Seaver with a birch and I'm here in New York City where Microsoft has just announced the surface pro 3 the latest in its line of tablet laptop combination computers the surface pro 3 is an entire revamp of the surface pro 2 it's thinner lighter and bigger than before Microsoft has increased the screen size up to 12 inches and given in a 21 by 60 by 1440 pixels resolution Microsoft is saying that's 38 percent bigger than the surface pro 2 and it is significantly noticeable when you hold it in your hand but at the same time the company has made it thinner and lighter it's actually strikingly light when you pick it up and remarkably thin for what it is inside the surface pro 3 uses a core i3 i5 or i7 processor the hinge has been upgraded to a new fluid type of hinge it allows you to position the surface pro 3 at any angle that you'd like and it allows you to code all the way down to 150 degrees so you can write on it with your hand writing has been greatly improved with a new surface pen which works with Microsoft OneNote software to do a bunch of different tricks with writing on at this screen itself including palm rejection and character recognition and all kinds of things that make easier to write on a screen the new type cover has been improved with a larger better to use trackpad it's got a backlit screen now the keyboard has been improved for typing as well yet it still gives it the same thin dimensions as before the surface pro 3 with its tight pad cover is still the thinnest core laptop that you can get on the market of course it's got a full touchscreen as well as access to all of Microsoft's Windows 8 apps but the real push here is to replace the laptop that you have and the tablet in your bag into one converged device pricing for the surface pro 3 starts at $7.99 for a core i3 model and it's actually going on sale tomorrow though you can place a pre-order to death you